"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."  -Greeting spoken by United States astronaut Neil A. Armstrong at 6:00 P.M. EST from the moon as Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. As Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface at 10:56 PM he said "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." On the second mission to the Moon [Apollo 12] on October 27, 1969, Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad stepped off the Lunar Module and stated "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me!"